Alveolar hypoventilation as an early symptom of muscle weakness in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 592-593

  Rupprecht, Sven ^a   Hagemann, Georg ^a   Witte, Otto W ^a   Schwab, Matthias ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alveolar hypoventilation; Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy; Neuromuscular disease; Tapir sign

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 4Q; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DISEASE COURSE; DNA DETERMINATION; DYSPNEA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; FATIGUE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG ALVEOLUS HYPOVENTILATION; LUNG PRESSURE; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL; SLEEP APNEA, CENTRAL;

EID: 67349219379     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2008.05.008     Document Type: Article

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